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Sahara Reporters 

PDP Crisis Deepens As Wike, Makinde, Other G5 Governors, Party Chieftains Form Integrity Group.

The G5 Governors and other aggrieved members of the party have insisted that the party’s National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, must resign for the sake of fairness.

The aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), popularly known as G5 Governors led by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State in alliance with some chieftains of the party, have announced the formation of Integrity Group.


The Nation

More Nigerians seeking UK visas, says British High Commissioner.

More Nigerians are seeking United Kingdom (UK) visas, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mrs. Catriona Laing, said yesterday.

The envoy noted, however, that the UK government was mindful of the situation and was in talks with the Federal Government to avoid brain-drain, especially in the health sector.

Mrs. Laing spoke in Abuja when she featured at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum.


Daily Post

● Unqualified persons holding positions in government – Peter Obi.

The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said the country is not progressing because unqualified persons hold several government positions.

Obi disclosed this on Saturday via his verified Twitter handle.

● Afenifere splinter group emerges, opts for Kwankwaso.

The crisis rocking the Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, deepened on Sunday when a splinter group called New Afenifere emerged.

The group was unveiled when its leaders met with the Presidential Candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, in Lagos State on Sunday.


Daily Trust 

FG To Boost Non-Oil Revenue As NEPC Begins Export Week Today.

The non-oil sector, currently experiencing consistent growth, is gradually becoming the new centre of attraction in the Nigerian economy. 

In this report, Daily Trust analyses this growth and how export sensitization can catalyse it just as the Nigerian Export Week begins today and ends on Saturday.

Only recently, non-oil export growth rose by over 62 per cent to $2.59 billion in just one year.


Vanguard 

● Man  goes berserk, kills mother-in-law, worshipper inside Lagos church 

A 38-year-old man, Jimoh Jogbo, stormed an undisclosed church in the Lekki area of Lagos and allegedly attacked his mother-in-law, resulting in her death.

● NDLEA nabs Saudi-bound widow with cocaine in footwear at Lagos airport.

Abuja—A 56-year-old widow and mother of four, Mrs. Ajisegiri Sidika, who concealed 400grams of cocaine in her footwear, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, on her way to Makkah, Saudi Arabia. 


Punch

LASTMA orders probe after PUNCH report on extortion.

Following a report by The PUNCH, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority on Sunday said a seven-man panel had been set up to investigate the allegation of extortion levelled against three officials of the agency in the state.


The Guardian 

NAF destroys more terrorists camps in Kaduna, kills bandits.

Unspecified number of terrorists were killed in Kaduna State, at the weekend, following fresh raid by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) that destroyed their camps and forced several others to flee with wounds.

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